I don't think Moore-Towers/Moscovitch will retire, unless they for some reason don't make the Olympic team, or they win an Olympic medal (I don't think either of those things will happen). I think they'll stay in for a couple more years after at least.

After Sochi it will definitely be a changing of the guard in most every discipline that's for sure. I think Men's will be the strongest though after 2014 . Hanyu is only 18 and will stick around then you got Yan Han and the US men like Farris and Brown and Kotvun and probably some 15, 16 year old kids we don't even know about yet who will be at about the right age for the 2018 Olympics..

I don't think C/L will retire either.They are currently Italy first team are having a good season and are still young.They can achieve a lot more yet I can't ever see them as world champions but they could do well at Euros like F/S..

I don't think Moore-Towers/Moscovitch will retire, unless they for some reason don't make the Olympic team, or they win an Olympic medal (I don't think either of those things will happen). I think they'll stay in for a couple more years after at least.

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I think they might, only because of Dylan's age. Though he might not look it, he's pushing 30, and I wonder realistically how much longer he can continue at this high level. That being said, he seems to be in amazing shape, and I hope they do stay on. I absolutely adore both of them!!

I think Oda and Suguri are retiring after next year regardless. Not sure about Asada - she might be asked to stay and carry the Japanese Team.

Kim might again go into hiding for some time after Sochi but I can't imagine the Korean Fed not forcing her to come back for 2018. She isn't that old then. She could be what Witt was in 1994.

I hope Pang & Tong are finally retiring.

I wonder about Wagner. Her coach is retiring and it is increasingly clear that she does not have the technical goods (or frankly the PCS materials) to challenge for the top. With 2 National title, a 4CC title and a silver from GPF, she has probably over-achieved already. If she couldn't medal at Worlds last year, it's not going to be easier going forward and she is probably technically maxed out. Gao is only deferring Harvard for one year and Nagasu and Zhang are not looking promising. So perhaps Wagner could hang in there and attempt to make US National podium / world teams with Gold and the bunch of junior girls for a couple more seasons but I doubt she could finally medal at Worlds (her best bet is probably post-Sochi Worlds).

In Europe, I am guessing Joubert and Verner will retire after 2014. I think Makarova and Leonova SHOULD retire, because they have had their chances and the field ahead is just too deep. I think Korpi will retire - or I am not even sure if she could come back from yet another injury. I will be most sad when Kostner retires.

I think quite a lot of the 'bronze medal contender' dance teams will try to hang on for at least one more season, if not one more quad, if the top two teams retire. Or even if only V/M immediately retire. I think, depending on whether or not D/W go to 2014 Worlds, P/B will go for at least another year to get a World gold. C/L are improving with Igor, so I can't see them retiring yet. I think they want a World medal.

Whatever the case, I am going to be clinging to the dancers and begging them not to go.

I don't think Duhamel and Radford are retiring. At least that's what I understood from their interview at 4CC. They sounded pretty pumped to continue on after 2014. They think they are just getting started!

I don't think Duhamel and Radford are retiring. At least that's what I understood from their interview at 4CC. They sounded pretty pumped to continue on after 2014. They think they are just getting started!

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Well they have plenty of time to discuss that during all the K&C moments

Kim might again go into hiding for some time after Sochi but I can't imagine the Korean Fed not forcing her to come back for 2018. She isn't that old then. She could be what Witt was in 1994.

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I think Kim in 2018 could be more competitive than Witt was in 1994. Athletes are having much longer careers these days and the competition format will not change so dramatically as it did between 1988 and 1994.

Add Chan to this list. He will most likely be done after 2014 as well. Anyone want to wager that V/M are going to be gone before the 2014 olympics in Sochi? (Meaning they will retire after worlds in their hometown this year), especially if they win? (I would like to think and hope that it is a very unlikely possibility...)

Huh? Anna is 26 and Luca will be 28. They will be 31 and 35 at the 2018 Games.

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Well, 31 and 33. That's not so old for ice dancing. I don't know that they'd do a third Olympics, but they'd probably want to be around long enough to challenge for World bronze, at least. I sort of feel like they only got their second wind and they'd like to have it for at least another season, if not two.

I think Valentina Marchei and the Austrian skaters Viktor Pfeiffer and Kerstin Frank might retire after the olympic season. With the upcoming talent in the ladies I also assume Alena Leonova might compete her last season in 2014.

With no pro opportunities- other than skating in shows- I think a lot of the skaters will stick around as long as they feel physically capable of handling the rigors of competitive skating. However, I more or less agree with the lists in the OP. The only exception could be Yu na Kim.

Ladies- I have a feeling Kim will come back at some point even if she wins her 2nd gold in Sochi. Asada I have a feeling will hang around longer too. Kostner and Ando definitely done. Rochette done. Suzuki done. Wagner, Zawadzki, and Gao I see staying around longer, but I see Nagasu, Flatt, Czisny, and Zhang all retiring at that point if some havent already.

Dance- I see Virtue & Moir retiring. Not sure on Davis & White, but 65% chance atleast they go pro too. Pechalat & Bourzat might stay 1 more year but no way do they stay for 2018.